News

• Martin has managed two of the UK’s busiest bus businesses (Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus) since 2013
• He has occupied senior roles across Go-Ahead since the mid-1980s
• His ground-breaking work as Managing Director has focused on community, partnerships, innovation, diversity and inclusion

• Go-Ahead will bring contactless bus fare capping outside of London for the first time, benefiting passengers on both Brighton & Hove and Metrobus services
• The fare cap will apply to tap-on tap-off ticketing on buses running across Sussex, Surrey and Kent
• Technology developed with Littlepay – the specialist gateway for contactless transit payments

• Next generation electric buses will operate in a zero-emission mode when in Brighton’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone, using geofencing technology[1]
• Buses run on battery power and have a fully electric drive train, recharged by Euro 6 diesel generator when outside the Zone
• These extended range buses will run on one of Go-Ahead’s most popular routes in Brighton, served by up to 24 buses every hour
• Brighton & Hove Buses has the highest number of bus journeys per head [2]outside of London at 67.5 million journeys last year

LONDON – The Go-Ahead Group is delighted to announce that Brighton & Hove Bus and Go North East have been named by Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani as recipients of funding for a new wave of ultra-low emission buses.